Improvement in fire-kindlers



LODEMAN & DESENBERG.

Fire Kindler.

No. 94,621. Patented Sept. 7, 1869.

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AUGUSTUS LODEMAN AND MEYER DESENBERG, OF KALAMAZOO,

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Letters Patent No. 94,621, dated September 7 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PIRE-KINDLERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, AUGUSTUS LODEMAN and MEYER DESENBERG, of Kalamazoo, in the county of Kalamazoo, in the State of Michigan, have invented a ncw and useful Machine for Kindling the Fire in Stoves, at any desired moment; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de scription of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure I is a perspective view;

Figure II, a plan;

Figure III, a longitudinal elevation; and

Figure IV, a front view.

The construction ,of our machine is as follows:

Two pieces of wire, A and B, bent like cranked axles, are connected by a hollow cylinder, 0, of tin, and another cylinder, Z, of the same kind, is soldered to one of the wires, so as to have its longitudinal axle vertical to that of the first one, this cylinder serving to fasten the whole frame on a wooden foot, as represented in Fig. I.

A ring, D, turning gently on the cylinder 0, is provided with two flaps, E F, forming the supports of a small cranked axle, G, ending with a pin, H, vertical to the axle.

the wires A and B, as can best be seen in Fig. 'II.

Parallel to this thread K, about an inch and a half apart from it, a horizontal pin, L, is soldered to the wire A.

Around this piii swings, with a long hinge, M, (so as to prevent any lateral movement,) a rod, N, bent round double on the longer extremity, so that amatch may be put in.

This rod swipgs in a convenient. distance from the wire A, and its length is so adjusted that in falling the match touches the friction-plate P, fastened to the extremity of wire A, with a force suflicient to ignite it. v v

To arrange the machine so that it will operate at a certain hour in thefuture, (the same day or the following morning,) a marine clock, It, Fig.1, having only the hour-hand, is used.

The way of fasteningthis clock to the machine is shown only in Eig. vI, where the clock itself is represented in a brass case, from the back side, and alittle removed in its position, so that in order to make it work, it ought to be advanced on the wires A-aud B toward the cylinder 0, so far that the-small hand, in

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making its revolution, will touch the extremity of the pin H. v

The operationof the machine is as follows A match is fastened to the extremity O of the rod N, so that in falling it will catch fire on the fi'ictionplate 1?. Now the other extremity Q of the rod N is brought under the thread K, which prevents the heavier side 0 from falling before time.

Finally, by turning the ring D, the pin H is placed at one-half hour before the time when the operation of the machine is needed, so that it nearly touches the dial.

When the hour-hand reaches that hour, it will remove easily the pin H, tum a little the axle G, and the crank of this axle will, through the connecting-rod I, draw back the thread K from the extremity Q of the This will swing around L with a velocity which may be regulated by a weight, S, and the match will catch fire, as above explained. If the machine be placed so as tobring the burning match in contact with shavings, placed partly inside partly outside the draught-hole of astove, it will ignite them and kindle the woodin the stove.

If ,well regulated, the machine has proved to work with absolute regularity, and it-will be of great value, especially in winter-mornings, asa man may prepare his fire in the'evening, and find a warm office at his arrival, or boiling water when he gets up.

In order to be able to prepare the machine more than twelve hours before the time when the fire is wanted, a clock-movement may be used, the hand of which makes the revolution once in twenty-fourhours.

What we claim as our invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The frame A B O L Z, in combination with the ring D, provided with two flaps E F, for the purpose of receiving the cranked axle G, one extremity of which is bent into a right angle, to serve as a lever at which the hour-hand of a clock may work, while a connecting-rod, I, connects the crank with the thread K, for the purpose above explained.

2. The curved rod 0 N Q, with a weight, S, and the friction-plate P, attached to the part A of the frame, all for the purpose. set forth in the above description.

A. LODEMAN.

M. DESENBEBG.

Witnesses:

A. Narnxnsos, H. A. DE LAND. 

